Developing climate change information

Guidelines

This publication has been prepared primarily to assist NMHSs and their sectoral stakeholders to jointly undertake national/sub-national climate change risk assessments. It broadly outlines steps for identifying, developing and applying climate change information as part of a staged risk assessment process, and provides advice and resources for undertaking each step.

Download the guidelines [PDF, 7.5MB]

Case studies

Solomon Islands: Climate change and cocoa on the Guadalcanal Plain

In 2017, the Solomon Islands Meteorological Service worked with the Ministry for Agriculture and Livestock to use the guidelines to conduct a rapid assessment of future climate change on the cocoa industry on the Guadalcanal Plain.

The following information products are available for download:

• Case study report | A preliminary case study assessment of climate change impacts and risks for cocoa farming in Guadalcanal Plain, Solomon Islands [PDF, 7.5MB]
• Fact sheet | Climate change and cocoa on the Guadalcanal Plain [PDF, 1.6MB]
• Poster | Climate change & cocoa on the Guadalcanal Plain [PDF, 2.3MB]
• Case study process reflections | Walking together through the eight steps of developing science-based climate change data and information [PDF, 3.9MB]
• Workshop report | Demonstrating sectoral application of climate change science (data and information) to inform climate vulnerability and risk assessment [PDF, 1.4MB]